Public institutions for personal learning : establishing a research agenda / John H. Falk, Ph.D. and Lynn D. Dierking, Ph.D., editors.

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Other Authors: Falk, John H. (John Howard), 1948-, Dierking, Lynn D. (Lynn Diane), 1956-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington : American Association of Museums, 1995.
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Table of Contents:
  • What do we think people learn in museums? / John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking and Dana G. Holland
  • How should we investigate learning in museums: research questions and project designs / John H. Falk, Lynn D. Dierking and Dana G. Holland
  • Establishing a long-term learing research agenda for museums / John H. Falk and Lynn D. Dierking
  • Learning in interactive environments: prior knowledge and new experience / Jeremy Roschell
  • Museum memory / Douglas Herrman
  • Intrinsic motivation in museums: why does one want to learn? / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Kim Hermanson
  • The influence of culture on learning and behavior / John U. Ogbu
  • Evidence of development from people's participation in communities of learners / Eugene Matusov and Barbara Rogoff
  • Human-factor considerations in the design of museums to optimize their impact on learning / Alan Hedge
  • Learning and the physical environment / Gary W. Evans
  • Mucking around in museum research / Deborah Edward
  • The need for learning research in museums / Linda Downs
  • Creating an academic home for informal science education / Alan Friedman.